
From Pro-Animal DC (Wed. August 5th):
“On Wednesday, August 5th, the DC Board of Elections announced that Initiative 86 has officially qualified for the November 3rd, 2026 General Election Ballot. (more…)

From Pro-Animal DC (Wed. August 5th):
“On Wednesday, August 5th, the DC Board of Elections announced that Initiative 86 has officially qualified for the November 3rd, 2026 General Election Ballot. (more…)

photo by Adam Fagen
Yesterday’s DC primary election results for Washington DC from the District of Columbia Board of Elections (DCBOE):
“DEM MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
First Rank Results
First rank results only report each voter’s marking in the first rank column of an RCV contest and do not indicate the leader.
Round-by-round results will be available June 21, 2026.

DEM DELEGATE TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (more…)

“Dear PoPville,
I feel like this sign missed the mark. Why is the only DC women’s team listed as the Mystics and why are they ranked last? The Spirit literally sells out the stadium. Women’s sports are bigger than ever! There are so many DC women’s teams and it feels like everywhere (even an informational poster about rank choice voting) the DC women’s teams are not getting the respect they deserve. It makes me sad!”
Related: Do folks feel comfortable with ranked choice voting? Do you feel like you understand how it works? Will you be using a particular strategy to vote?

“Dear PoPville,
I don’t have a dog in this fight except being a 100% supporter of the democratic process. But someone tore down a lot of McDuffie signs (Saturday) and put them in the trash at Eastern Market and that, I cannot abide.”

D. writes: “Notice any similarities?” (more…)

What the what?!!? Thanks to Molly for sending on Saturday:
“Anyone else just get their absentee ballot in the mail?”

photo by angela n.
“Dear PoPville,
How many are planning to be in DC on January 20th? How many leaving, how many staying? What is everyone doing? I think about leaving that whole week, but then I have FOMO, so may stick around.”
and (more…)

Thanks to Jessica for sending the latest from Logan Circle.
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Thanks to Jim for sending:
“Outside the gates of the US Naval Observatory on Massachusetts Ave., the official home of the vice president.”

“Dear PoPville,
On my lunch today (Wednesday), took walk down to mall from my office nearby. Eerily quiet. Not a tourist in sight, or many folks around. (more…)